Turf spade

a spade for cutting and digging turf, longer and narrower than the common spade.

See also: Turf

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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After its removal, the rich peat underneath, which appeared like a moist chocolate cake, could be cut into with the turf spade. These spades looked similar to a regular spade, but were long, thin and flat with a metal fin at a right angle at the base.
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